Opposite Quotes - page 9

Other people apologize and don't mean t "Sorry, but you shouldn't have..." or "Sorry, but I just didn't..." They apologize while telling you that they were right all along, which is the opposite of an actual apology. (E. Lockhart)
A lot of things you just stumble into: relationships or ways of putting characters opposite one another that really worked. So then it's not always so much about imitating other people, but imitating yourself, at least in your thinking. View quote
Christopher Lloyd
I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make. View quote
Christian Bale
I'll wager there isn't a human being on earth who doesn't believe in luck, however rational they pretend to be in public life. In reality, most of human life is luck - and, of course, its darker, more prevalent opposite. One only has to live long enough to experience both. View quote
Lawrence Osborne
English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite. View quote
Michael Caine
A Bond girl must be a strong and independent woman, but at the same time charming and sensual. Those opposite qualities combined together make her interesting. She must be strong but at the same time feminine. View quote
Olga Kurylenko
If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of 10 times. View quote
Anselm Feuerbach
I try not to interpret things of the world into a single meaning. Rather, I try the opposite. View quote
Kim Ki-duk
The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere. View quote
Michel De Certeau
Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances. View quote
Karl Abraham
In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance. (Alejandro Amenabar)
Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something you ride if you possibly can. View quote
Bob Geldof
To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied. View quote
Henry B. Eyring
It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very easy to go from, say, a lit, pleasurable environment, like what you see outside there, to a very dark place. But the opposite journey, which is what this movie takes, is much more complicated. View quote
Neil Jordan
Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that. View quote
Imran Khan
I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle. View quote
Neil LaBute
I have been represented as a Protestant minister; there was not one of the canvassers of the honourable gentlemen opposite that did not represent to the people that I was not a Minister of the Crown, but that I was a Protestant minister. View quote
Wilfrid Laurier
Even the closest relationships that I have I know could potentially fall away. That's not to speak pessimistically or negatively about those relationships. In a weird way, it's the opposite. I value them. View quote
Mark Z. Danielewski
In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times. View quote
Sonny Perdue
Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted. View quote
David Steindl-Rast
Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist. (Sammy Hagar)
I'm always looking for a chance to play somebody who's completely opposite of me, just because I find it more interesting. View quote
Alexandra Breckenridge
In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character. View quote
Andrew Coyle Bradley
Sometimes you can really serve well and win the match because of the serve. I have the opposite thing now, so it's kind of hard. I can just really play with my forehand and backhand. View quote
Agnieszka Radwanska
I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents. View quote
Bill Griffith